... And I'm Taking the Horses!

Virginia State Police are searching for a 13-year-old boy who appears to have run away from home. But he didn't go alone--Wyatt McLaughlin took a pickup truck and four-horse trailer, two horses, and the family dog.

According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Wyatt went missing from his home between 9 and 10 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators believe he loaded the trailer with the horses, food, extra propane tanks, clothing, and his dog.

But there's another famous striped resident of The Big Peach: a Zebra called "Evidence."

This striped charmer got his moniker when he was found injured on I-75 April 8 of last year. Estimated to be 2 or 3 months old at the time, investigators postulated that he fell from a truck before being hit by a car.

No one ever claimed him. (But this story has way more great details to it if you want some Friday afternoon reading material--just google [Evidence Zebra].)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution tells us that, what with his big anniversary coming up, the folks at Noah's Ark are throwing a party for Evidence tomorrow (April 4) from noon to 3 p.m.

Guests are asked to dress in black and white.

One more story to update: more horse tail thefts, this time in Michigan. (Original post on this is the second story here.)

According to a report from LivingstonDaily.com, a Putnam Township horse owner reported to police that his horses' tails had been cut short, and their manes thinned, but not completely cut. Now that's really weird.

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About a year ago, if that, someone cut four inches off of one of my horses, and another 7 or 8 off of my other. Though I was really mad, I didn't file a report about it, but maybe I should have, I'v been hearing a lot about horse hair theifs lately. Thankfully they didn't get much off of mine.

Sadie

04 Apr 2009 10:41 PM

My palomino mare's tale was "stolen" recently. They didn't touch the 2 sorrels, my black mare or her palomino brother--I think they tried because there was some blood, not his, in his paddock. Why? We guess could have been meannes, to get hair for braiding or possibly extensions for Hollywood stars. Like any bad hair cut-it'll grow.

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